19 radio set carriers.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I have an NOS Carriers No. 22 finished in a wrinkle Brown No. 2 that has puzzled me for years. Top dead centre of the rear base channel is 'PC 72287 C' in white. The leading edge of the front base channel has 'FRONT' stencilled in white.

To my eye, there does not seem to be anything asymmetrical about this carrier that would necessitate having to identify a specific orientation, or have I been missing something all these years?

David

I've never met the No.22 carrier, but as far as I am aware it's symmetrical. The only possible reason for there being a "front" and "back" is if it's been drilled for an earth
terminal (at front right) like the Carrier No.25, or at the ends of the channel to take the earthing strap from the rhs of the set, though I think they used the shock absorber bolt for that.

They may have stencilled it with a "FRONT" marking just to be consistent with all the other set carriers which were definitely "handed" for the supply unit mounting, etc.

Incidentally, there are a lot more carriers than the 1,2,3 and 21,22,23,25 in the documentation, intended to cover things like the WS19HP and twin WS19 installations for Command tanks, et cetera. Some of them look Very Odd Indeed.

Chris.
I have Carriers No.1 (plated steel), 21 (painted No.1), 3 (or 23, hard to tell) (wooden board) and 25 (all-welded steel with a single long strap that goes around everything).

I'm missing the adapter plate for the supply unit for the No.25. (This is the "house shaped" plate with four holes to allow it to be screwed to the top of the supply unit, a "step fold" to clear the studs on the end of the strap clamp, and two keyhole slots to take the said studs.
Its purpose is to reverse the direction of the keyhole slots in the supply unit case (intended for when it's laid on its side on the set top), which point the wrong way for the clamping strap. (The "tails" of the slots need to point to the right for this mounting to work.) Does anyone have one that they could photograph and/or measure, please?

Accurate measurements of the No.2 (or 22) would also be very useful.